At
the time of publication, Bickham Coal
Company was carrying out various environmental
studies,
particularly on water usage and management
for the life of a mine, for more information
click here.
Location: 12km
south-east of Murrurundi and 25km north
of Scone
District: Upper
Hunter Shire (previously Murrurundi,
Merriwa and Scone Shires)
Land area: 1,154
hectares
Exploration Licences held: EL5888
and EL5306
Bore holes: 115
in total
- 2 Water Bores, 200mm diameter,
seams cored
- 13 Fully cored bores
- 68 open holes, geophysically logged
- 32 Water piezometers
- Further Investigations continuing
Geophysical investigations:
- Ground Magnetic Intensity Surveys
- Seismic Surveys
Open cut resources:
- East Pit: 2.4km x 1.0km; 30.1 Mt
@ 6.27:1
- West Pit: 2.0km x 0.5km;
16.6 Mt @ 7.71:1
- Total: 46.7 million tonnes @ 6.8:1
- No low ratio subcrop coal at low
wall
Geology:
- Seams dip @ 1:4 (14°) North
West
- East and West Pits divided by structural
anomaly.
- Subcrop deeply weathered at Low
wall.
- The E, F & G seams constitute
71% of total resource
Bore Core Quality
Summary

The image below demonstrates
the BCC Exploration License area (red),
purchased Bickham land (purple) and
a footprint of the Conceptual Open
Cut Excavation (shaded black).

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